Try calibrating the touch keys.
Wow.. Didn't you try using one of the projects from the GHL website? It's so darn easy to set these up even without a project! With a project it just takes a minute or two. The whole process even without a project takes me less than 10 minutes from start to finish including setting up the network stuff.
I just mounted my lx7s. I made the mount myself out of 8020 series 10. By just luck the wire fits snuggly into the slot. Im pretty happy with how it came out.
I have them 13 inches over my tank. Im not sure if that is good for a 60x22x22 tank. I think it may be a little high. I can move them down, but i kinda like having the space. Still playing with the color I have it set pretty blue.
Anyone tried to mount 6200s with the aquatic life t5? I want to supliment with t5s and would rather not have to try and mount retrofits. Any input or experience would be appreciated. Thanks.
Trying to figure out mounting options for a reefer 425xl (47" length). I am planning to peel off the black vinyl on the back to the left and right of the overflow box so want to keep mounting hardware hidden toward center. I saw that each mitras weighs 5 lbs. What do you think of my idea of the T bar setup? Would be able to support 2 fixtures on either side?
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@Slief Scott, please please convince GHL to build a multi Mitras LX Raul mounting system! This mays seem like a silly argument but it is a deal breaker for me and for a lot of other people out there.
My tank is a rimless 80 inch peninsula room divider and sits between main living room and dining room. Every thing about it needs to look sharp so as much as I would like to have 4 Mitras over it I cannot have ugly DYI aluminum rails hanguing there.
So a system like what Ecotech offers for radions a or AI that allows for elegant hanguing of the fixtures and cord management is WAY overdue and likely putting off a lot of reefers from jumping in.
They already have the best lights so a rail system should be pretty easy [emoji4]
The solution is VERY easy. All you need is to of the GHL flex mounts and a piece of aluminum extrusion T slot to span between the two flex mounts. Then you can mount the lights to the extrusion using either the existing mount holes on the mitras with some long screws that go through the extrusion or get some of these articulating mounts so you can angle the lights in any direction and rotate them 360*. Then use carriage bolts to mount them to the T slot in the extrusion. That or just get a few extrusions and build your own setup using a pair of extusions for the vertical support, a couple shorter ones for the horizantal support off the verticals and another longer one to span the length of the display. It would be 5 extrusions in total and https://www.8020.net has all kinds of extrusions in different colors with all the attachments needed to build your own really slick light support.
This is an example of what i am talking about. There are 3 Mitras attached to an aluminum extrusion. In this case, the extrusion is hung but you can get a T Slot extrusion that would attach diectly to the GHL Flex Mount and have the extrusion cut to match the length of your tank. Since every tank size is different, it would create a lot of part numbers to have different lengths on the GHL website and it would likely be more expensive than just getting an extrusion off of Amazon, 8020 or Grainger to span between a pair of flex mounts.
This is a light rack I built for a customer a while back that used their existing lights. This tank was 48" tall so the Kessils N's were needed to penetrate the depth. We retained their original Hydras for accent lighting. Not my first choice but the customer already had them and there was no getting him to spend the extra on the mitras. I am sharing this photo because it shows how I used those articulating mounts to attach to the T slot extrusions using carriage bolts to mount the articulating base to the extrusion. This allowed every light to be shifted anywhere along the extrusion, rotated 360* while also allowing us to angle every light for maximum coverage and shadow elimination. If I were in your shoes, I would use a pair of flex mounts with an extrusion hung between them and then use these mounts to attach the Mitras to the T slot extrusion.
Thank you very much for such a detailed reply! However, and please do. It take it the wrong way, this is precisely what I do not want. This is a perfect solution if you have a canopy that allows hiding all the aluminum bars and cross bars, as well as all the wires.
However, for a rimless room divider it is not an elegant solution to have hanging of the ceiling in the main living room.
This is where a solution like the Ecotech RMS system makes a ton of sense. And with the current popularity of rimless systems I am sure the market for these would be very big, and GHL would sell more fixtures than it does today.
Sure it is more expensive but so I really care when I am buying 3, 4 or more units that will cost me 3.000$+?
Would love to build what you have suggested but unfortunately I may need to look elsewhere. And I am sure I am not alone.
Again, thank you very much for the detailed suggestions.
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I would say your estimate is correct. You can get away with 3 but 4 would be best. If a diode burns out, you would have to replace the cluster but I've yet to read about diodes failing on the LX7's or 6200's. If you were good with a solder iron, you may be able to replace a diode on your own but I haven't looked that close at mine to be certain.